The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-28
a JOKE
BY MAReARET EYTINeE.

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Adrian Mosscroft was in, or very near
lynn, the depths Of despair. Every.
thing had been going more or less wrong
with him ever since the first day Of the
newysar. On that day an adroit pickpock-
Of had relieved him Of his gold watch and
his wallet, the latter containing his saw
ings for several months. Ifact, all the
money he had in the w.rld, for Adrian
had not begun to save until he met
Ethel Burroughs, the pretty buyer of the
lace department Of an morn up
town establishment. Shortly after the
loss of his fortune he was taken down to
bis bed with rheumatism, and there he
remained for two months, and when he
got up again he found himself out of a
EQUATION, the firm in whose employ he
lad been for more than five years having
tsgone,' = as their errand boy expressed it
and tsbusted with the biggest kind Of d
bust.
What in Heavens names am / to dog,
asked Adrian of himself one morning as
hc paced To and fro in the small room he
occupied Id Mrs. Hasler's ..home for a
few select boarders.n tOi course Eshall
get ano her situation soon. but / am
already deb, which it will take me
d long time TO clear wv y, and-and-
confound il, I shaE't be able to invite
Ethel to go anywhere, or to give her any
bouquets; or candles, or books, OF any
thing else. BY joyel I've q good mind
10 ask Aunt Tamasin for q loan. She
must Be pretty we'll off, for she used to
Mp me generously when / was d boy.
I'll do Il, -Pm sure she'll let me have it
land pay her back as soon as / can
Hc had just come to this conclusion
when j maid servant knocked at his door
and handed in q letter, He tore open
the envelope, took cut the enclosure and
began foread: 4sMYdear nephew 4 he
repeated slowly. aWhy, this must be
from Aunt Tamasin.G She's the only
person I'm nephew to. Y What q strange
coiHci encel III amoment moro Ishould
have been writing to herr Then be
went on with the letter.
al am very sorry to be obliged to ask OF
you the favor ! am about to ask. You.
Dis well az all, the rest Of my relations.
have always thought / was rich. al.
though ] haze lived all my life in j very
simple manner. Ihaye never said any
thing to the contrary, for have found
that beng thought rich secures for one
d great deal more attention than ono
would receive il supposed 60 be poor--a
lamrntahlc fact, but d fact nevertheless.
Bue this ID mother here nor there. Can
you give me twenty Eve dollarsa II YOU
can ! want them at once.
Your motber's only sister,
TAMASIN BROCK.
F~lppintown, II. !, Arrl !, 1885
ssBg Jovel' exclaimed Adrian whsn
Id had finished reading his aunt's letter.
wants help from ME. and / just on
the point of asking j loan from her.
Poor old aunsie. I wonder what can be
the uaafter. She used to have enough to
livA on comfortably. Iknow. and how
good Ahe was q me when Iwas i little
motherless boy. Ipuglt to Be ashamed
ci myself for not having been ID sec her
for the Last I've years. Haven't even
wxitsen q her. Suppose she thinks TN
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2 selish wretch md have forgotten al
heF kindncas BIT 4 haven't and she
gct " hAvs taaA nson My moslscr
eHly sister and nv Only aunt. &c
she's gp " have ii Bu. whore IS II 10
come fgun ~ Then his eyes frightened Il
klsy fl np,Q spring Yareosk, oafs
fAalB spfped sysg 8aa hask II hss shais.